All the headlines from our Alaska Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 6 2007 // Following a series of burglaries at insurance agencies in Arkansas, Insurance Commis-sioner Julie Benafield Bowman issued a reminder to all insurance companies of the notification requirements in the event of security...
Aug 6 2007 // Phone Indications on EPLINuts & Bolts: International Excess Agency Inc. is offering phone indications on employment practices liability. The company suggests that interested parties provide the number of employees,...
Aug 2 2007 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has posted proposed changes to existing rules and forms and a proposed new rule and accompanying form on its Web site at...
Aug 1 2007 // Prosecutors have dismissed a case against a former Missouri firefighter accused of intentionally starting fires in Benton County, Ark.Deputy Prosecutor Drew Ledbetter said there wasn’t sufficient evidence to proceed...
Jul 31 2007 // Deaths from traffic crashes in Arkansas slightly increased last year, as the nationwide average dropped, new federal statistics show.The National Highway and Traffic Safety Administration recorded 665 fatal crashes in 2006...
Jul 31 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents (PIA) of Arkansas named Progressive’s Arkansas claims unit as the 2007 “Claims Department of the Year” following a vote by the more than 250 independent insurance agency...
Jul 25 2007 // Following a series of burglaries at insurance agencies in Arkansas, Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman issued a reminder to all insurance companies of the notification requirements concerning security...
Jul 23 2007 // The Arkansas Workers’ Compensation Commission has summarized workers’ compensation acts passed by the 2007, 86th General Assembly:Act 1599: Raises the $75,000 threshold at which the Death and Permanent...
Jul 20 2007 // Omaha, Neb.-based workers’ compensation insurer, FirstComp, is celebrating 10 years of business in Arkansas with some big checks and big thanks to independent agencies and policyholders, the company...
Jul 19 2007 // Five manufacturers of the herbicide 2,4-D have denied claims made in a suit by a group of 82 cotton growers in northeast Arkansas who say the companies’ products harmed last year’s crop.The lawsuit filed June 1...
Jul 13 2007 // The Arkansas Insurance Department issued a directive to property and casualty carriers issuing policies containing “occupancy” requirements in their underwriting standards that could adversely impact insurance...
Jul 9 2007 // Burns & Wilcox announced it received the 2007 Broker of the Year award from the Independent Insurance Agents of Arkansas (IIAA) at their 106th annual convention held in early June. Broker of the Year is awarded to a...
Jul 6 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman announced insurance agent Christy Vocque of Saline County has been sentenced to serve 60 days in a regional correction facility for committing insurance fraud. Vocque,...
Jul 5 2007 // Arkansas Insurance Commissioner Julie Benafield Bowman recently announced the conviction of Elesha Martin, 35, to three counts of arson and one count of insurance fraud.On June 22, 2007, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Marion...
Jun 25 2007 // Former Arkansas insurance agent Beverly Gowan was sentenced in White County Circuit Court to 18 months detention with the Department of Community Correction for two counts of insurance fraud and one count of Theft of...
Jun 21 2007 // The Arkansas Court of Appeals dismissed a Hot Spring County woman’s arson conviction, ruling that prosecutors did not offer proof other than a disputed confession that she set fire to her home.Barbara Fowler was...
Jun 18 2007 // Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. (www.tyson.com) on June 8 recalled more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef shipped to Wal-Mart stores in 12 states after samples tested at a Sherman, Texas, plant showed signs...
Jun 11 2007 // Springdale, Ark.-based Tyson Fresh Meats Inc. on June 8 recalled more than 40,000 pounds of ground beef shipped to Wal-Mart stores in 12 states after samples tested at a Sherman, Texas, plant showed signs of E. coli...
Jun 8 2007 // The Professional Insurance Agents of Washington/Alaska (PIA) recently elected Rich Biggs as its new president and elected a new board of directors at its 41st Annual Conference and Trade Show. New officers and directors...
May 30 2007 // Another state insurance department has issued a warning about a Tennessee entity posing as an insurance company. Days after National Foundation of America (NFOA) of Franklin, Tenn., was ordered to cease and desist from the...